Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• beverage: A drink other than water
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• offspring: Child or young of a person, plant or animal
• spontaneous: Happening on its own, without anyone helping it
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• identical: The same in every way
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• indicate: To show something; direct attention to; point out
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• disturbance: Public incident in which some people act badly
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
• animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• caffeine: Substance in coffee, etc. that keeps you awake
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• happen: To take place or occur
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• molecular: About or caused by molecules
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• diabetic: Concerning diabetes; suffering from diabetes
• hypertension: Condition marked by abnormally high blood pressure
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
• whew: Sound people make when they are relieved
• methylation: Alkylation process of substitution by methyl group